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The Next 15 Million: Entrepreneurship Training At Scale – New Data On The Global Outreach Of ILO’s Entrepreneurship Training

Green Business Booklet

Going green is not only good for the environment, but makes business sense too, as the greening of enterprises results in improved access to markets, higher productivity and cost savings. The Green Business Booklet is part of the Green Jobs packages...

Press release

Optimize the collection and use of OSH data

This year’s World Day for Safety and Health emphasized the critical need for countries to improve their capacity to collect and utilize reliable occupational safety and health (OSH) data.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

How data can protect workers’ health and lives

This year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the critical need for countries to improve their capacity to collect and utilize reliable occupational safety and health data. Dr Francisco Santos-O'Connor (ILO Senior Specialist in...

Press release

Less than 5 % of the migrant workers are systematically trained and carry certificates that show their qualifications

Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission and the International Labour Organization co-hosted a national consultation and process validation workshop to generate ideas on how relevant stakehol.ders can further cooperate and improve the current...

Publication

Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED)

The brochure provides an overview of the Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) Project in Sri Lanka, highlighting the activities in the fruit and vegetable and fishery sectors.

Sri Lankan employers, unions and government confirm social dialogue essential for national wage fixation

Press release

New Country Director for the ILO Office in Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Ms Simrin Singh has officially taken over as the new Country Director for the ILO Country Office for the Sri Lanka and the Maldives on 1st April 2017.

Launch of the Employment Generation and Livelihoods through Reconciliation (EGLR) Project in Northern Sri Lanka

The Project on Employment Generation and Livelihoods through Reconciliation funded by the Government of Norway was launched in Vavuniya on the 15th of March 2017

Factsheet - Lessons learned in Sri Lanka: LEED Project

The LEED project, funded by the Department of Foreign affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the Government of Australia, represented a model for reconciliation through local economic empowerment and sustainable employment generation. This project covered the...

Lessons learned in Sri Lanka: Local Empowerment Through Economic Development (2011-2016)

The LEED project, funded by the Department of Foreign affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the Government of Australia, represented a model for reconciliation through local economic empowerment and sustainable employment generation. This project covered the...

Report on Child Activity Survey 2016 of Sri Lanka Launched

The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in Sri Lanka launched the report of the Child Activity Survey (CAS) 2016 on 21st of February, 2017. The survey was conducted at the request of the Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations....

Child Labour Statistics

Sri Lanka Child Activity Survey 2016

Fair Trade Certification for Red Lady Papaya: Vavuniya North Fruit Growers Cooperative achieves another landmark.

Vavuniya North Fruit Growers Cooperative Union has achieved a major milestone by becoming the First Cooperative in Sri Lanka and probably the first organization in South Asia to be Fair Trade Certified for Red Lady papaya. The certification process...

Migrant workers

Mapping of the skills assessment procedures, certification standards and equivalencies between Sri Lanka, UAE & Kuwait

This report seeks to map the existing skills certification requirements and standards in Sri Lanka, against the skills required by countries of destination such as United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait. It further highlights the equivalencies and...

Mr Markus Ruck, Officer-in-Charge of CO-Colombo

Regional Director has appointed Mr Markus Ruck as Officer-in- Charge of CO-Colombo from Monday, 16 January 2017, to Friday, 31 March 2017

Maritime Labour Convention

Sri Lanka ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Sri Lanka is the 81st ILO member State and the 16th Asian State to have ratified the Convention

The ILO together with EFC- supported flood relief scheme reflects credible sustainability

The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) in a bid to reconstruct the heavily damaged homes of the employees of their member corporates in the heavy floods which hit the Western Province early this year collaborated with the International Labour...

Conflict

Business and Peace in Sri Lanka: The roles of employer and business membership organizations

The private sector is widely referenced as a critical actor in conflict-affected zones. This paper examines the private sector conflict interface: what business can do, both during and after a conflict situation, collectively through employer and...

Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) - Final Evaluation Summary

Project SRL/10/04/AUS - Consultant: Ganesh P. Rauniyar